Moveable Feasts 24.9.2018

Moveable Feasts is a weekly agenda in which food writer Lola Rubinstein gives us the low-down on what food fairs, pop-ups, closed door restaurants, and other culinary events we should check out in the coming week.

WED 26/9

Two forces with that nonconventional spirit in common join powers for a night, Anafe, a closed door restaurant, and Pita Madre, a delicious pita pop-up. They’re bringing us a closed-door Middle Eastern dinner with small plates like green bean hummus, mint and cucumber; cauliflower and spiced butter; sweet potato, fennel and scallion, and sweets like banana, chocolate and tahini, or mascarpone, dried fruits and spiced honey, plus a whole section of pita. The menu includes beer, water and Moroccan tea. Info and reservations by MD or through Pitamadre@gmail.com.

FRI 28/9

Conventillo Cultural Abasto and Locura Vegana join forces for this vegan night fair with the best cruelty-free products: from food to accessories and cosmetics. At the fair you can enjoy raffles; a bar with drinks, wines, beers and non-alcoholic beverages. Take advantage of the space to spend a spring night with friends eating, having a drink and listening to a live band. Entrance is ARS $80 and with it you’re entered into the raffles.

SAT 29/9

This workshop is put on by Romina Molina, professional chef specialized in natural and conscious cooking, raw food and Ayurvedic food. Learn how to make pizzas, tortas and empanadas prepared with wholemeal flours, seeds and vegetables. Discover how to ferment the dough to create vegetarian and vegan versions that are rich, healthy and nutritious. The recipes will include pizza, empanadas and pie dough; vegetarian pizza with arugula, dried tomatoes, olives and organic cheese; vegan pizza with tofu cream cheese and cherry tomatoes; curried vegetable empanadas, vegetarian torta with organic seeds, zucchini, corn and cheese and vegan tortas with seeds, pumpkin and tofu. The cost is ARS $750 (pay here) and includes a PDF cookbook, raw material and tasting of everything prepared.

10 – 13 hrs. | Almacén Consciente | Güemes 4747 | Palermo

SUN 30/9

Spring is here and it’s time to party. Playboy Argentina described how this brunch managed “to recreate the spirit of a New York brunch posta, posta.” Sunday Brunch in the US is a culture that has been built on three principles: booze (drink), beats (rhythm), & eats (food). The Booze: free bar of mimosas and Bloody Marys; The Beats: Trilliam (ATL, USA) will be spinning fresh Hip Hop, R&B and mimosa sippin’ music to start the party or keep the night before’s going; The Eats: Cinnabar will be out doing his own Pop-Up, with the cinnamon buns that are exploding in BA. The brunch menu consists in The Big Breakfast (sausage, bacon, eggs, pancakes, roasted tomatoes and maple syrup), Pancake Party Pancakes (chocolate chips, chocolate sauce, blueberries and ice cream or with maple syrup), Eddy Avo Toast (homemade bread with poached eggs, tomatoes, avocado, with a salmon option), Chicken n Waffles (benedictine eggs with cured house salmon), English Muffin sandwiches and unlimited mimosas and bloody marys.

Lola Rubinstein is a lover of travel, exotic flavors, and the subjectivity transmitted through food. She's had the pleasure of trying the exquisite cuisines of places like Vietnam, New York, Andalucia, and Rome. Although she's lived in Buenos Aires her entire life, she still tries to look at it as an outsider. Her own project of photos and recommendations is called Picantiar. Besides eating, she studies, dances, cooks and works for travel guide publisher De Dios Editores